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No substantive changes should be made to the content.Tuberculosis in the United States—National Tuberculosis Surveillance System, Highlights from 2021.Slide - 1This graph shows the annual number of TB cases in the United States for each year during 1982–2021Slide - 2During 2021, the United States reported 7,882 TB cases, an incidence rate of 2.4 cases per 100,000 persons.Slide - 3The top graph shows incidence rates (cases per 100,000 persons) since 2010.Slide - 4The National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) reported 600 TB-related deaths (0.2 deaths per 100,000 persons)Slide - 5Among U.S. states, close to half (49.9%) of TB cases continue to be reported from 4 states.Slide - 6Nine states and the District of Columbia had incidence rates higher than the national rate of 2.4 cases per 100,000 persons.Slide - 7This map shows each state shaded based on two scales, one representing TB case counts and one representing incidence rates.Slide - 8TB Incidence Rates* by U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands and Hawaii, 2020Slide - 9Among the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands, incidence rates.Slide - 10The distribution of the origin of birth for persons with TB remained similar in 2021 to previous years.Slide - 11Incidence rates for U.S.-born persons are shown in the left figure in purple, and incidence rates for non-U.S.–born persons.Slide - 12The TB incidence rate among non-U.S.–born persons of 12.5 per 100,000 persons was 16 times the rate of 0.8 per 100,000.Slide - 13In 2021, five countries of birth accounted for 54% of countries of birth origin among non-U.S.–born persons.Slide - 14The countries of birth with the highest U.S. incidence rates of TB disease.Slide - 15This slide shows the percentage of TB cases among the non-U.S.–born by number of years.Slide - 16This graph shows overall TB case counts in the past decade by race/ethnicity.Slide - 17This 100% stacked bar chart shows percentage distributions over time by race/ethnicity.Slide - 18This bar chart shows the percentage of TB cases by race/ethnicity for 2021.Slide - 19TB incidence rates (number of cases per 100,000 persons) vary by race/ethnicity groups.Slide - 20The number of TB cases reported among U.S.-born persons has declined since 2011.Slide - 21In 2021, among U.S.-born persons, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander persons had the highest incidence rate.Slide - 22The number of TB cases reported among non-U.S.–born persons increased from 2020 (n=5,145) to 2021 (n=5,626).Slide - 23In 2021, among non-U.S.–born persons, persons who identify with more than one race had the highest incidence rate.Slide - 24These figures show TB incidence rates by race/ethnicity among non-U.S.–born persons and U.S.-born persons.Slide - 25The distribution of race/ethnicity among persons with TB disease continued to differ markedly by origin of birth in 2021.Slide - 26This slide shows TB incidence rates (cases per 100,000 persons) by race/ethnicity among non-U.S.–born persons compared with U.S.-born persons in 2021.Slide - 27The distribution of TB cases by age group in 2021 remained similar to past years.Slide - 28TB incidence rates are higher among adults than among children, and among persons 15 years and older, the incidence rates.Slide - 29The change in number of cases among U.S.-born persons by age from 1994 to 2021.Slide - 30Since 1994, each age group among U.S.-born persons has experienced a 72% or greater decline in incidence rate.Slide - 31The percentage of TB cases by age group among non-U.S.–born persons remained relatively the same from 2020 to 2021.Slide - 32From 1994 through 2020, each age group among non-U.S.–born persons has experienced a 50% or greater decline in incidence.Slide - 33This slide examines the percentage of TB cases by birth decade cohort.Slide - 34This slide examines the percentage of TB cases by birth decade cohort.Slide - 35Males continued to represent the majority (61.3%) of persons with TB disease overall.Slide - 36In contrast to overall U.S. TB cases, for which over two-thirds of cases were among non-U.S.–born persons.Slide - 37In 2021, the majority (80%) of children less than 15 years old with TB disease were U.S.-born, however, the incidence rate.Slide - 38In 2021, most TB cases continued to be verified by positive culture at 79.2% (n=6,244), with other laboratory-confirmation methods.Slide - 39Pediatric TB Cases by Age Group, United States, 1993–2020Slide - 40The vast majority of TB cases had pulmonary involvement (78.8%).Slide - 41Since the early 2000s, the percentage of patients started on the standard initial four-drug regimen.Slide - 42Of TB patients who were on therapy in 2021, 83.2% started on isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol.Slide - 43The percentage of people with TB disease receiving at least a portion of their medication by directly observed therapy.Slide - 44During 2019, the most recent year for which treatment completion data are available.Slide - 45Percentage of TB Cases* by Completion of TB Therapy,United States, 1993–2019†Slide - 46Successful therapy completion for people with TB disease is a major performance indicator for TB programs.Slide - 47TB Cases Resistant to Isoniazid* by Origin of Birth,† United States, 1993–2021Slide - 48Number and Percentage of Multidrug-Resistant (MDR)* TB Cases by History of TB, United States, 1993–2021Slide - 49Percentage of HIV Coinfection by Age Among Persons with TB,* United States, 2011–2021Slide - 50Percentage of Selected Risk Factors Among Persons with TB by Origin of Birth,* United States, 2021Slide - 51Percentage of Social and Behavioral Risk Factors Among Persons Aged ≥15 Years with TB, United States, 2021Slide - 52Number and Percentage of Correctional Facility* Residents Among Persons Aged ≥15 Years with TB, United States, 1993–2021Slide - 53TB Cases Among Correctional Facility Residents Aged ≥15 Years by Type of Facility, United States, 1993–2021Slide - 54TB Cases Among Correctional Facility Residents Aged ≥15 Years by Type of Facility, United States, 2021Slide - 55National Tuberculosis Surveillance System Highlights from 2022This slide series was developed as an accompaniment to the document Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2022
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							Last Reviewed:  December 19, 2023						Source: 	Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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